Mizuho appoints new executive director in public finance

In his new role, Gambone will help to further expand Mizuho’s public finance business by providing the bank’s municipal and not-for-profit customer base with financing solutions. He will be based in New York and report to Bran Raskovic, Managing Director and Head of Public Finance.

Gambone’s twenty-five years of investment banking experience include more than twenty years covering municipal finance clients. Prior to joining Mizuho, he served as a Director in Barclays’ Public Finance Department, where his clients included major state and local governments, healthcare, higher education, utility, housing and transportation issuers of municipal debt nationally with responsibilities that included variable rate and fixed rate bond issuance, investor roadshow marketing and client relationship management.

Andrew Dewing, Executive Officer and Head of Mizuho’s US Corporate Finance business, stated, 'Public Finance continues to be an important focus of our business, and adding a banker with Ken’s long record of high-quality execution better positions us to provide value to every aspect of our clients’ business'.

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